DHAKA: Education ministry officials reached in a consensus about ensuring 40 percent quotas for admission in Class-I for children of dwellers of areas adjacent to government schools concerned.The proposal, however, will be finalized by education minister Nurul Islam Nahid.Education

JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY: Jahangirnagar University (JU) Teachers Association has decided to take honors first year admission tests for the session 2015-16.The association president Professor Khabir Uddin said that they took the decision in a general meeting of the association on Monday

DHAKA: Chevron Asia Pacific Exploration & Production Bangladesh president Melody Meyer recently laid the foundation stone for a new building for Nadampur High School near Chevron’s Bibiyana Gas Plant.The proposed structure is five-stories high, and the construction costs for the first

DHAKA: UNESCO has upgraded International Mother Language Institute in Dhaka from third category to second category.The UN organization for education, science and culture recently made this updradation.Cabinet secretary Mohammad Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan made this disclosure to the media

DHAKA: Some 7,194 students which is 17.56pc of the total candidates have passed the ‘Ga’ unit admission test of Dhaka University for 2015-16 session.VC AAMS Arefin Siddique made the announcement on Sunday noon.A total of 40,956 aspirants sat for the examinations, but 33,762 failed, he

DHAKA UNIVERSITY: The results of admission test under ‘Ga’ unit of Dhaka University’s undergraduate program for Business Studies faculty for session 2015-16 will be published on Sunday.DU vice-chancellor AAMS Arefin Siddique will announce the results around 1:00pm.Acting public

RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY: The admission tests in honors first year for 2015-2016 session of Rajshahi University (RU) will start from November 9 and end on November 12.The university website, www.ru.ac.bd, published the routine of the tests on Friday.According to the website, applicants of

DHAKA: Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid said the female students in primary to secondary schools in the country have already exceeded the number of male students.“Currently, 51 percent students in primary schools and 53 percent in secondary are girls. In higher education, girls will

DHAKA: Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid on Saturday requested the university teachers not to go on a strike.The minister made this request while talking to journalists after an accord signing ceremony at LGED Building in city’s Agargaon area.Secondary Education Quality and Access

DHAKA: Education minister Nurul Islam Nahid on Friday said that new educational policy will be composed to keep pace with the world.The minister came up with the assertions while addressing an awareness raising debate competition on ‘social devolution rather than the lack of good

DHAKA: The Dhaka University 'Ga' unit admission test for first year honors courses for the session 2015-2016 was held on Friday morning.The one-hour examination at 56 centres across the capital, including on the DU campus, started from 10am.A total of 43,234 candidates were applied for

DHAKA: The Board of Trustees of Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) re-elected Rashed Chowdhury as its Chairman for a two-year term, says a press release.Rashed Chowdhury obtained his Post Graduation in Business Management from Kingston University, UK.He is the Chairman of Mutual

DHAKA: English medium schools in the country will have to pay value added tax (VAT) as a vacation bench of the Appellate Division of Supreme Court (SC) put a stay order of a High Court’s (HC) previous stay order in this regard on Wednesday.Vacation bench Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain

DHAKA: Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid said Non-Government Teachers’ Selection Commission (NTSC) will be formed within one month to ensure transparency in teacher recruitment.After formation of the NTSC, Non-Government Teachers' Registration & Certification Authority (NTRCA) will

DHAKA UNIVERSITY: The results of admission test under the ‘Kha’ unit of Dhaka University’s undergraduate program for the session of 2015-16 were published on Tuesday morning.Vice Chancellor of the university AAMS Arefin Siddique announced the results around 10:20am.Only 14.68

CHITTAGONG: Two students of Chittagong University (CU) drowned in water falls during bath on Monday afternoon.The deceased were identified as Asaduzzaman Rifat and Naimul Hasan, honors first year students of human resource management department of the university.Hathazari fire service and

JAGANNATH UNIVERSITY: The result of the admission test under ‘B’ Unit of Jagannath University (JnU) for the session 2015-16 has been published on Monday.A total of 4,577 candidates qualified against 720 seats under ‘B’ unit.Of them, 3,170 got chance from humanities while 926 in

DHAKA: The results of the test under ‘Kha’ unit for admission into Dhaka University (DU) for the session of 2015-16 will be published on Tuesday morning.Du vice chancellor Dr AAMS Arefin Siddique will publish the result  officially at central admission officer in the administrative

DHAKA: Professor Dr MM Shahidul Hasan has been made vice-chancellor (VC) of East West University (EWU) on Sunday.President and also Chancellor of the universities Abdul Hamid made this appointment for four years.EWU public relations officer (PRO) SM Mahiuddin told banglanews that Dr

DHAKA: Chittagong University Economists Forum (CUEF) on Friday organized a post-eid congregation at Shayla Squire Community Center in port city Chittagong.A good number of former students of CU economics department, among others, attended the daylong program with festive mood.CUEF